Meaning of MALIGNANCE
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- [n] quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
- [n] (medical) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
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| | Synonyms: | | malignancy, malignancy, malignity |
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| | Antonyms: | | benignancy, benignity, graciousness | | |
| | See Also: | | cancer cell, disease, evil, evilness, malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ma*lig"nance\, Malignancy \Ma*lig"nan*cy\, n. [See
{Malignant}.]
1. The state or quality of being malignant; extreme
malevolence; bitter enmity; malice; as, malignancy of
heart.
2. Unfavorableness; evil nature.
The malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemner
yours. --Shak.
3. (Med.) Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the
malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever.
4. The state of being a malignant.
Syn: Malice; malevolence; malignity. See {Malice}.
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